MTNL liabilities reach Rs 40,000 cr in FY26; no restructuring plan in work: Jyotiraditya ScindiaMTNL's liabilities have reached approximately forty thousand crore rupees by fiscal year 2025-26. Government measures have helped MTNL beco...
22 Jul, 2026, 08.07 PM IST
MTNL bank loan default reaches Rs 8,659 crore in JulyMahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited faces financial strain. The telecom company defaulted on loan repayments. The amount is 86.59 billion rup...
18 Aug, 2025, 10.53 PM IST
Govt steps in to pay interest on MTNL bondMTNL informed investors that its debt obligations for the upcoming semi-annual interest payment on its 7.80% bond have been made for Series...
05 Nov, 2024, 06.15 AM IST
Rescue package on the cards for MTNL, RINL; committee to take final call on servicing MTNL debt of nearly Rs 8,000 crThe government is considering bailout plans for MTNL and RINL, with discussions involving the finance ministry. A committee will decide on ...
13 Sep, 2024, 11.18 AM IST
‘Navratna’ MTNL offers to pay 40% dues; PSU banks hang upSeveral lenders have classified loans to Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) as non-performing assets, leading the state-run telecom utility t...
10 Sep, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
Union Bank freezes accounts of state-run telecom firm MTNL over non-payment of duesAccording to the details shared by MTNL, it has defaulted on the payment of Rs 155.76 crore on debt raised from Union Bank of India, Rs 140...
28 Aug, 2024, 09.56 PM IST
Centre to pick up bond dues tab for MTNLThe government will pay MTNL bond interest, preventing a sovereign default after MTNL failed to deposit in an escrow account. Borrowers wil...
14 Jul, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
MTNL gets shareholders' nod to raise Rs 17,571 crore via bonds, borrow Rs 35,000 crore from banksAccording to the report, 99.85 per cent shareholders voted in favour of the resolution to "offer or invite subscriptions for government gua...
13 Oct, 2022, 09.58 PM IST
No plans to privatise MTNL: Minister Devusinh ChauhanThe government approved the revival plan for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and MTNL in October 2019 in which an in-principle nod for ...
22 Jul, 2022, 06.13 PM IST
Government defers proposal to merge BSNL, MTNL due to financial reasonsBSNL Chairman and managing director PK Purwar, who also heads MTNL, has submitted before a Parliamentary panel that the Department of Telec...
07 Apr, 2022, 05.31 PM IST
MTNL approaches govt for allotment of 4G spectrumThe state-owned corporation is seeking 4G radiowaves in both Delhi and Mumbai service areas where it operates.
29 Apr, 2018, 11.33 AM IST
MTNL revival plan on, DoT panel meeting regularly: CMDIn September last, DoT constituted an internal panel to carve out a future path for the debt-laden Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL).
24 Apr, 2018, 04.44 PM IST
Merger with BSNL desirable for strong pan-India play: MTNL CMDBSNL and MTNL had a market share of about 9 per cent of the total wireless subscriber base of 1.12 billion, as of December 31, as per telec...
16 Apr, 2017, 10.43 AM IST
BSNL, MTNL merger to help both firms: BSNL CMD Anupam ShrivastavaThe Standing Committee on Information Technology last week had said: "On the plan for merger of BSNL and MTNL, the same would be taken to C...
19 Mar, 2017, 03.11 PM IST
MTNL borrowing money to meet day to day requirement: Manoj SinhaMTNL is borrowing money to meet its day-to-day requirement," Sinha said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
03 Feb, 2017, 06.18 PM IST
BSNL debt liability at Rs 7,666 crore, MTNL's at Rs 13,529.62 croreTelecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in a written reply to Lok Sabha said that BSNL's debt is mainly due to its capital expenditure require...
09 Mar, 2016, 07.20 PM IST
Debt management: DoT may offer Rs 11,000 crore loan to address BSNL’s concernsDoT’s plans to deal with MTNL’s debt come at a time when the govt is weighing the pros and cons of delisting MTNL and merging it into unlis...
14 Nov, 2014, 06.57 AM IST